The Vodacom Bulls played against the Waratahs at Loftus in Pretoria. The Bulls showed tremendous guts and determination to come from 17 – 0 down and win the game 48-38.
Scores:
Bulls:
Tries: Hougaart(14 min, 49 min)Dippenaar(33 min)Shadow(57) Wynand(69,)JL Potgieter
Conversion: Steyn(15 ,34, 50, 58,70,79)
Penalties: Steyn (21, 41 min)
Waratahs:
Tries: Polota-Nau(3min)Douglas (9 min)Turner(52 min)Mitchel(71)
Conversion: Barnes(3 min,10 min,71)
Penalties: Barnes (5 min,24 min,26 min)
Drop goal: Barnes (19min)
Teams:
Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Stephan Dippenaar, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Danie Rossouw, 7 Pedrie Wannenburg, 6 Derick Kuün, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Bees Roux, 18 Deon Stegmann, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Heini Adams, 21 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 22 John Mametsa/Jaco van der Westhuyzen.
Waratahs: 15 Sosene Anesi, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Tom Carter, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Daniel Halangahu, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Phil Waugh (captain), 6 Ben Mowen, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Dave Dennis, 3 Al Baxter, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Damien Fitzpatrick, 17 Sekope Kepu, 18 Will Caldwell, 19 Locky McCaffrey, 20 Josh Holmes, 21 Kurtley Beale, 22 Rob Horne.
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Jason Jaftha (South Africa), Reuben Rossouw (South Africa)
TMO: Johann Meuwesen (South Africa)
This was awesome, my poor old heart , GBS you gave me a baptism of fire mate
congrats bulls you guys shows big kahooners……..
blou bulle maak SA weer trots hierdie jaar
Nou nie ‘n 50-tal nie maar ons vat die 5 punte.
Tahs het baie goed gespeel, maar nog nie goed genoeg nie.
79 Conversion Morne Steyn 48 – 38
78 Try Jacques-Louis Potgieter 46 – 38
72 Conversion Kurtley Beale 41 – 38
71 Try Drew Mitchell 41 – 36
70 Conversion Morne Steyn 41 – 31
69 Try Wynand Olivier 39 – 31
57 Conversion Morne Steyn 34 – 31
56 Try Gerhard van den Heever 32 – 31
52 Missed Conversion Berrick Barnes 27 – 31
51 Try Lachlan Turner 27 – 31
50 Conversion Morne Steyn 27 – 26
49 Try Francois Hougaard 25 – 26
42 Penalty Morne Steyn 20 – 26
34 Conversion Morne Steyn 17 – 26
33 Try Stephan Dippenaar 15 – 26
27 Penalty Berrick Barnes 10 – 26
24 Penalty Berrick Barnes 10 – 23
21 Penalty Morne Steyn 10 – 20
19 Drop Goal Berrick Barnes 7 – 20
16 Try Francois Hougaard 7 – 17
16 Conversion Morne Steyn 2 – 17
10 Conversion Berrick Barnes 0 – 17
9 Try Ben Mowen 0 – 15
5 Penalty Berrick Barnes 0 – 10
3 Conversion Berrick Barnes 0 – 7
2 Try Tatafu Polota-Nau 0 – 5
WELL DONE BULLS. DAMN BRILLIANT. What a game, must be the best game I have seen in a very, very long time.
BULLS are pure class.
nice game , some players really stood out ,
good grief how do you get rid of all the adrenalin, i will never sleep tonight
My heart was going to stop there for awhile. Damn what a fantastic game.
I notice Skop says the Stormers will walk all over The Blue Bulls when they meet!!
Skop, I think I may have to say “Dream On”!! 🙂
and with that I bid you all good evening. Going to watch a band in a local pub now!!
At least one of my teams won for me at last this weekend!
157 – superBul, I know but I had better not say!! 😐
Bulle sal nog steeds aan verdediging moet werk, enigste swak plek op hierdie stadium. Zane en Shadow het sleg gemis met daardie laaste drie van Tahs.
biddie en die scrums
verder is hulle briljant
bulle sal stormpies opdonder
and thats a fact
159 – Carol there are sooooooooooooooooooo many, many jealous people on Voldy about how good the Bulls are playing. They are South African but not even supporting the South African team but the other team. How pathetic is that? Have no respect at all for South Africans that do that. NOTHING. It angers me.
I am a Shark supporter and will be forever and ever but will always support a South African team against a overseas team always. Very proud of the Bulls tonight they played awesome rugby. Class above the rest.
die ding wat ek like is dat die Bulle glo hulle kan 50 opsit, so die ander spanne gaan probeer meer score en dan gaan die balle dalk los begin raak, ek weet ook nie. Emosies loop hoog miskien moet ek so halfuur dink hieroor.
157 – Super, Enjoy it my friend. That was awesome rugby. Just brilliant. Bulls are pure class at the moment, a class above all the rest. Enjoy it and be proud. I am and I am a Shark supporter and I felt like I won too. Bulls done it for all of us.
Okay that is me out of here. Well done Bulls that was superb enjoyed that game. Could watch it all over again. Will do tomorrow.
Catch up tomorrow all. Good night and have a good evening all.
My couch is lying in tatters!
What a game!
Disappointed our other teams couldn’t pull theirs through.
Hello Old Griquas, See you up there. That was just a brilliant game of rugby between Bulls and Tahs on the weekend. The best of the season so far.
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